Google+ officially open to everyone, so long as you've got a Gmail account

And there you have it, folks. No longer are the cool kids quite as cool as they were a week ago. Google+ is now open to everyone, so long as you've got a Gmail address. Just head on over and sign up, or you can have a friend invite you. And be sure to snag the Android app.
As Google's Dave Besbris just posted:

Hey Google+ folks!
As I bet you've noticed, we are facing pretty incredible demand for Google+ invites.
As Engineering Director of Google+, I wanted to take a moment to explain why we're growing the system slowly. First, we want to make sure our infrastructure scales so the service remains fast and reliable. Second, we want to ensure that bugs are fixed while there are still a relatively few people in the field trial.
Things are going well with the systems right now so we feel comfortable enough to open up invites for a brief period. Our goal is to double the user base in the field trial. (Sorry, we're not giving details about how many folks are in the field trial yet).
So, in a few minutes, we'll open up invites again.
We continue to throttle invites, so please don't mass invite folks as it won't work. If you invite a handful of your most important friends and family you're much more likely to get these folks into our system.
Thanks again for providing so much wonderful feedback!

Note that Dave says they're throttling invites. So if you can't get in immediately, check back. An din the meantime, be sure to check out our complete walkthrough of Google+ for Android.